Top Football Transfer Deals, Rumours and Titbits (3/7/15)

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Done Deal:

– Derby County have signed forward Tom Ince from Hull City on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee

– Udinese have completed the signing of Iraqi defender Ali Adnan Kadhim from Caykur Rizespor on a five-year contract

– Cagliari have signed Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari on a two-year deal, subject to a medical

– Chelsea have announced the signing of Radamel Falcao from Monaco on a season-long loan deal

– Liverpool have signed 16-year-old starlet Bobby Adekanye on a free transfer

– Bologna have completed the signing of goalkeeper Antonio Mirante on a free transfer

– Juventus have completed the signing of Norberto Neto on a four-year deal

– Inter Milan have completed the signing of Colombian defender Jeison Murillo from Granada on a five-year contract for a fee of €8million

– Inter Milan have officially signed Martin Montoya from Barcelona, on loan with an option to buy.

– Sevilla have reached an agreement with Getafe to sign Sergio Escudero for an undisclosed fee, subject to a medical

– Monaco have confirmed the signing of striker Guido Carrillo from Estudiantes on a five-year contract

Edin Dzeko photo credit: Ulicar Streets https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
Edin Dzeko
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Today’s reports and rumours:

– According to reports in Spain, Arda Turan prefers a move to the Premier League with no offer forthcoming from Barcelona.

– According to ESPN sources, Manchester City will not force Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic to find new clubs

– Chelsea are reportedly leading the race to sign Ghana defender Baba Rahman from Augsburg.

– Queens Park Rangers have reportedly turned down a £12 million bid from Leicester city for Charlie Austin

– According to reports, Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph

– According to reports in Germany, Eintracht Frankfurt are interested in Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller should Kevin Trapp sign for Paris Saint-Germain.

– Sevilla are on the verge of signing Ukrainian winger Yevhen Konoplyanka.

– According to reports, Manchester United will attempt to use Jonny Evans as bait to land Everton defender Seamus Coleman.

– According to reports, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is ready to offload six squad members to trim the wage bill

– Middleborough are weighing up a move for West Ham winger Stewart Downing.

– Nicolas Gaitan says he has no plans to leave Benfica, amid reported interest from Atletico Madrid and Manchester United.

– According to reports, Martin Skrtel will sign a new three-year deal with Liverpool next week.

– West Ham reportedly want to sign Argentine playmaker Manuel Lanzini from UAE side Al Jazira.

– According to reports, Watford have received a £10million bid for Odion Ighalo from Chinese first division side Hebei China Fortune

– Aston Villa are reportedly close to completing the £9million signing of Idrissa Gueye

– Everton are set to move for West Brom defender Cristian Gamboa.

– According to Marca, Sergio Ramos is determined to leave Real Madrid this summer

– Atletico Madrid are keen on replacing Arda Turan with Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla

– Mousa Dembele wants talks with Mauricio Pochettino over his Tottenham future.

– According to reports, Sporting Lisbon are close to signing Fulham midfielder Bryan Ruiz

David de Gea, Man Utd Goalkeeper photo credit: Kanji https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode
David de Gea, Man Utd Goalkeeper
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– According to reports, Manchester United will keep Real Madrid target David De Gea for a further year if they do not receive a world-record transfer fee for a goalkeeper.

– Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits he turned down a “couple of nice opportunities” to move to a club in Europe in order to pursue a new challenge with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

– Tottenham are keen on Everton midfielder James McCarthy and could offer the Toffees winger Aaron Lennon or centre-back Younes Kaboul.

– According to reports, Celtic defender Adam Matthews is set for a £1.5million move to Sunderland

– Bastian Schweinsteiger could be set to join United, with Bayern Munich willing to let him go.

– According to reports, Aston Villa has launched a £7million bid for Anderlecht midfielder Dennis Praet.

– According to reports, Liverpool want to cancel the loan contract of Atletico Madrid full-back Javier Manquillo a year early.

Lionel Messi,  photo credit Nathan Rupert https://www.flickr.com/photos/nathaninsandiego/14307985524/in/photolist-nNmaBA-9kvmyi-f16Xt6-gGhfC-bbQpdK-6wCZ9J-om9h3n-8iSbb4-531B8T-aJBkwp-6tF6hH-aYaW3z-qCifcz-4FYTwf-3GuT6f-aVRCP2-51fGWF-bciVop-duhSwE-7YRoNs-ao44m5-9yg77c-ccF5K1-nkVUQg-2TkMHq-5WBfgp-6nxKbV-pABb72-8iVtV9-a4FggC-aJYY2x-aixQd6-c87EGm-2iuKWn-aJBkY2-mF9VG2-9ufmyM-8iSdn8-aJYY3H-8iVmy5-6NnzXT-8iSKAp-cNruM9-dT4RFb-oMYKu-8iRJDz-HBDMQ-diGsUZ-4cSrsj-8aP7ud
Lionel Messi, photo credit Nathan Rupert
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Football tit bits:

– Joan Laporta believes that the Barcelona board headed up by Josep Maria Bartomeu exploited Luis Enrique by announcing his contract extension on the same day the board formally resigned for the elections to be called.

– Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have had their restrictions on transfer spending and Champions League squad size lifted after meeting their financial fair play targets, UEFA has announced.

– West Bromwich Albion hope to have new owners by the end of the month after the granting of exclusive negotiations to an unnamed bidder.

– Lionel Messi says his Argentine team is “desperate” to make their mark by winning the Copa America final against hosts Chile. “This generation is desperate to win a title with the national team. As a team, we deserve to win something and it would mean so much after the World Cup where we came so close.” Messi said

– Manchester United’s trip to Aston Villa on the second weekend of the new Premier League season has been rescheduled for 14 August at 7.45pm, a Friday evening, because of an English Defence League march in the area the following day.

– Nicolas Anelka has been named player-manager of Mumbai City.

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